Title
False-positive rapid plasma reagin testing in patients with acute Plasmodium vivax malaria: A case control study
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Unidad de Investigación Médica Naval-6
Unidad de Investigación Médica Naval-6
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Inc.
Abstract
Non-treponemal tests such as the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) assay are mainstays of syphilis diagnosis, but false-positive tests are common. We identified false-positive RPR titers in 8.2% of patients with malaria due to Plasmodium vivax in northern Peru. Similar rates were not detected in patients with other acute febrile illnesses. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Start page
268
End page
273
Volume
12
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química medicinal
Parasitología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84901827578
PubMed ID
Source
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
ISSN of the container
14778939
Sponsor(s)
We thank the members of the Parasitology, Virology, and Bacteriology Laboratories at NAMRU-6 for their excellent technical assistance. We thank Edith Guerrero and colleagues in Sullana and Tumbes for the collection of specimens. This work was supported by the Military Infectious Disease Research Program and by the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, a division of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center.
Fogarty International Center - D43TW007393.
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